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Egypt, Emirati developers tout nebulous plan for new capitalhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3429478-egypt-emirati-developers-tout-nebulous-plan-capital.html
CAIRO (AP) — The idea is colossal: building an eco-friendly city the size of Singapore in the desert outside Cairo, a sleek new capital fit for the 21st century where a diverse slice of society will live in harmony.
Of the projects unveiled at the corporate jamboree that was Egypt's economic conference last weekend, "The Capital Cairo" is the biggest and ...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:42:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3429478-egypt-emirati-developers-tout-nebulous-plan-capital.html2015-03-20T18:42:00ZArizona park rebounds after years of border crimehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3410516-arizona-park-rebounds-years-border-crime.html
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — For over a decade, armed drug traffickers were so prevalent in this vast desert monument that visitors were barred from entering more than half of it.
One law enforcement group dubbed it America's most dangerous park for two years straight after drug smugglers gunned down a ranger. But a series of crackdow...Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:28:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3410516-arizona-park-rebounds-years-border-crime.html2015-03-12T14:28:00ZCalifornia formally opens large solar planthttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3348320-california-formally-opens-large-solar-plant.html
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — One of the nation's largest solar projects was dedicated Monday in the Riverside County desert, as California rushes to expand its use of green power to meet the state's renewable energy requirements.
The dedication of the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm comes about a month after Gov. Jerry Brown called on the state to increase renewab...Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:48:54 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3348320-california-formally-opens-large-solar-plant.html2015-02-09T22:48:54ZRemote Nevada quakes result from stretching crusthttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3206090-remote-nevada-quakes-result-stretching-crust.html
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Scientists say a swarm of earthquakes since July in the remote desert linking Oregon, California and Nevada can be traced to the constant stretching of the Earth's crust.
The Sierra Nevada is moving northwest about a half-inch a year, leaving gaps in Nevada's northwestern corner, where one fault has produced hundreds of small quak...Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:41:26 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3206090-remote-nevada-quakes-result-stretching-crust.html2014-11-13T00:41:26ZBorder deaths drop to 15-year lowhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3169918-border-deaths-drop-to-15-year-low.html
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The number of people who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped to the lowest level in 15 years as more immigrants turned themselves in to authorities in Texas and fewer took their chances with the dangerous trek across the Arizona desert.
The U.S. government recorded 307 deaths in the 2014 fiscal year that ended in S...Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:37:41 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3169918-border-deaths-drop-to-15-year-low.html2014-10-23T20:37:41ZVegas area poised to get EPA clean-air designationhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3134472-vegas-area-poised-to-epa-clean-air-designation.html
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 21-year push to limit dust pollution in and around Las Vegas has the federal Environmental Protection Agency poised to give the region a clean bill of health.
The EPA formally notified Clark County last month that it will be reclassified as meeting standards for airborne dust particles small enough to be inhaled, known as PM-10. The dec...Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:23:32 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3134472-vegas-area-poised-to-epa-clean-air-designation.html2014-10-04T20:23:32Z